100 Thieves CEO Nadeshot Marks CDL Era Very “Beneficial” for the Current Generation of Call of Duty Professional Players

According to the former pro, NadeShot, Call of Duty League, aka CDL, has been a revolution in the professional competitive play of the game. From 2008 to 2015, Matthew Haag, aka NadeShot, has been on the professional scene. With his experience, Haag shares that the League has been exactly what the scene needed for a long time. 

Produced by the official developers of the series, Activision, the Call of Duty League is very similar to the Overwatch League, as both of them feature city-based teams that are backed by separate ownership groups. Also, CDL has a point system and playoff format for its matchups rather than the traditional promotion and relegation system. 

Nadeshot shares his thoughts on CDL’s contribution to the pro Call of Duty scene

Recently, on a Call of Duty talk show named The BreakDown, hosted by OpTic Methodz and OpTic Scump, Nadeshot shared his thoughts on CDL. According to him, the league has been able to fill the gaps that he witnessed in his pro days. Haag shares that CDL created hype for the scene that has never been seen before.

“I think the CDL era has been pretty damn good for the competitive Call of Duty community,” said Nade. “I know that might sound controversial, but you guys know how it was back when we had open brackets and pool play and all these players that we knew were tier 1 and belonged on pro teams, but people didn’t really care how they performed or what they ended up doing in any given event,” he further added.

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“And nowadays, since there are only 12 teams, you can argue that maybe the regionalization of it all didn’t make sense; you can poke holes in anything you talk about the franchise teams. But in the last few years, especially the year when we were not a part of things with competitive Call of Duty, I have never seen so much interest around 12 teams,” shared 100 Thieves CEO, Nadeshot.

Nade had been an FPS veteran through and through. Even his username, NadeShot, is a play on “grenade shot,” which is a devastating move in Halo. But in his long years in the pro scene, Nade has never seen such fan hype for any eSports event before. It makes him believe that CDL and other events like it will be the future of eSports.

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